Everything you need to know about your candidates

Omokoroa couple Pamela Jeffery and John Jeffery cast their vote at an advance voting place in the Bethlehem Town Centre. Photo/George Novak

In the past months, the Bay of Plenty Times has profiled every candidate standing in the Tauranga, Bay of Plenty and Waiariki electorates.

The Bay of Plenty Times has also quizzed candidates on issues important to the region.

Here is everything we have published:

Tauranga electorate candidate profiles, in alphabetical order:

BORELL, Joseph James - Māori Party
BRIDGES, Simon - National Party
HODGE, Emma-Leigh - Green Party
JOBSIS, Jason - Democrats for Social Credit
KANE, Rusty - Independent
LAMARE, Yvette - Independent
MITCHELL, Clayton - New Zealand First Party
PEDERSEN, Stuart - Act New Zealand
RICKARD, Ben - United Future
ROBB, Hugh E - Independent
TINETTI, Jan - Labour Party

Bay of Plenty candidate profiles, in alphabetical order:

BENNETT, Raewyn - Māori Party
CARLEY, Bruce - Act New Zealand
GRAY, Lester - New Zealand First Party
MULLER, Todd - National Party
WARREN-CLARK, Angie - Labour Party

Waiariki candidate profiles, in alphabetical order:

COFFEY, Tamati - Labour Party
FLAVELL, Te Ururoa - Māori Party

What Tauranga's candidates have to say on election issues:

Note: Not all candidates have been canvassed in each issues piece due to the different dates the nominations were announced.

No support to cut immigration despite pressure on Bay housing
Have we shaken the $10 Tauranga tag?
Strong support for cannabis law reform
Eighty Tauranga homes sold to foreign tax residents
Calls for a homeless women's shelter in Tauranga, some advocates disagree
Quick fixes proposed for Tauranga's congested roads
Home affordability drops 20 per cent, but hope on horizon